Telecom Technical VOIP

> VOIP is changing the world:
>
> -------------------------------------
> Wow this VOIP is growing so big. Just check the prices
> on this site... <Clipped to prevent free advertising twice>

>        When VOIP...

>        (1) Becomes as solidly reliable, 24x7x365, as copper-based POTS...

>        (2) Works during a power or network outage of indefinite
>duration...

>         (3) Provides encryption against eavesdropping that is 100% under
>my control in terms of encryption keys...

>        (4) Provides reliable and consistent connections to a LOCAL 911
>dispatch center whenever needed...

>        THEN I just MIGHT consider using it.

>        Until then, my interest in it lies somewhere in the negative
>numbers.

>        You're welcome.

> Be careful friend. With attitudes like yours you may be locking yourself
> down and wind up living in the past. VOIP is more than just an emerging
> technology; it's here. To ignore it is foolish.

> Several VOIP system vendors, MITEL for one, has already addressed some of
> your concerns. For example, MITEL has addressed the 9-1-1 issue most
> elegantly, even causing pbx system alarms to be raised if a user
> arbitrarily takes it upon himself to move his own phone.

> As for your power outage scenario, even copper-based pots will eventually
> fail during a power outage of indefinite duration. It's all about how long
> the batteries last or how much fuel there is for the generator.

> What I would caution you to plan for is the day when legacy phone system
> manufacturers are no longer doing R&D for their copper-based systems. Once
> R&D ceases, an announcement of "manufacture-discontinuance" won't be far
> behind.

> [206.180.145.133] says...
>
>

>>Be careful friend. With attitudes like yours you may be locking yourself
>>down and wind up living in the past. VOIP is more than just an emerging
>>technology; it's here. To ignore it is foolish.

>
>
>         How is asking for service comparable in reliability to POTS
> "living in the past?" Explain to me how that could possibly be wrong?
>
>         I've always believed that just because we CAN do something with
> technology does not always mean that we should. I've also believed that
> the best possible technology advancements come from a blending of past
> and future, rather than completely abandoning what we've supposedly
> learned in the past.
>
>         This is another way of saying "Those who ignore history are doomed
> to repeat it."
>
>         I'm not going to ignore VOIP, but it's going to have to meet MY
> standards AND it'll have to support all my current POTS-based equipment
> (as in provide a line pair with -48V, dial tone, 100V/20Hz ringing,
> etc.) before I will consider using it.
>
>

>>Several VOIP system vendors, MITEL for one, has already addressed some of
>>your concerns. For example, MITEL has addressed the 9-1-1 issue most
>>elegantly, even causing pbx system alarms to be raised if a user
>>arbitrarily takes it upon himself to move his own phone.

>
>
>         See, I have a problem with that. If I want to move a phone around
> in my home, I don't need the telco asking me why said phone got moved.
>
>         As mentioned above: Give me a standard copper pair with dial tone,
> etc. If it comes from a VOIP adapter, and is just as reliable as POTS
> was, AND connects to the local 911 center if needed, fine. I'll work
> with it.
>
>

>>As for your power outage scenario, even copper-based pots will eventually
>>fail during a power outage of indefinite duration. It's all about how long
>>the batteries last or how much fuel there is for the generator.

>
>
>         I should have been clearer with that. "Extended" duration would
> have been a better way to say it. AND I don't want the local VOIP
> terminal to be dependent on local power. I want to see it powered by the
> central office, just as it currently is with POTS.
>
>

>>What I would caution you to plan for is the day when legacy phone system
>>manufacturers are no longer doing R&D for their copper-based systems. Once
>>R&D ceases, an announcement of "manufacture-discontinuance" won't be far
>>behind.

>
>
>         When that day comes, I will do what's necessary to maintain
> communications. Until then, VOIP is something to be watched with
> considerable suspicion as far as I'm concerned.